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barack obama by 51 to 45%. when you ask who would favor the rich, 8% say president obama. 58% say mitt romney. that's not good for him. when asked does mitt romney or barack obama understand the problems of people like you, by 59% to 38% people say obama understands, romney does not. that explains why the message mitt romney is sending this morning at an earlier event in westerville, ohio, was this one. >> my heart aches for the people i have seen. yesterday i was with a woman who was emotional and she said, look, i have been out of work since may. she was in her 50s. she said, i don't see any prospects. can you help me? i said, i will do my best to help you and millions others like you. 23 million others like her. there are so many hurting right now. >> of course president obama is one of the people responsible for the bad numbers for mitt romney because he's been pushing the message that mitt romney's bane capital experience makes him ill suited to care for regular people. president obama is at bowling green
barack obama by 51 to 45%. when you ask who would favor the rich, 8% say president obama. 58% say mitt romney. that's not good for him. when asked does mitt romney or barack obama understand the problems of people like you, by 59% to 38% people say obama understands, romney does not. that explains why the message mitt romney is sending this morning at an earlier event in westerville, ohio, was this one. >> my heart aches for the people i have seen. yesterday i was with a woman who was...
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if it's all obama's fault and nothing's going right, what's going on in ohio? >> this is something the president's team considers a hidden advantage in many of the swing states where both sides are fighting it out, the unemployment is lower than nationally and economic growth is higher, guys. >> thank you very much. as we start the democratic national convention, we will ask you in our poll question for the day, do you think you are better off now than you were four years ago? there are the various answers, yes, things will get better. no, but things will improve. yes, but things will get worse. go and vote. >>> we have a poll from deutchable analyst, the fourth time they switched their risk on-risk off trade regarding oil. here's where the oil board is right now. the call from paul is for wti to go to $72 a barrel. that is a 30% fall from where we are now. the prediction, a 30% fall to the end of next year. paul, welcome to the program. why so bearish. >> i think you have the supply growth seeing here in the u.s. and keep in mind, that's light sweet crude we'r
if it's all obama's fault and nothing's going right, what's going on in ohio? >> this is something the president's team considers a hidden advantage in many of the swing states where both sides are fighting it out, the unemployment is lower than nationally and economic growth is higher, guys. >> thank you very much. as we start the democratic national convention, we will ask you in our poll question for the day, do you think you are better off now than you were four years ago? there...
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. >>> despite calls for calm from the obama administration, the situation is also getting quite a bit hotter in the east china sea. four chinese ships moved into what japan considers its territorial waters today. the japanese government immediately filed an official protest. the chinese ships quickly exited the disputed waterway. last week you might recall we first told you about the fight between japan and china over islands and fishing rights in that particular area. ty? >> all right, sue. just heard diana's report on home builders. huge numbers from lennar and now one wall street firm is saying hold your horses. they are not alone. wednesday on cbs, don't forget we've got an exclusive interview with the ceo. we'll give you his answers to your questions on wednesday. we'll be right back after this. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger
. >>> despite calls for calm from the obama administration, the situation is also getting quite a bit hotter in the east china sea. four chinese ships moved into what japan considers its territorial waters today. the japanese government immediately filed an official protest. the chinese ships quickly exited the disputed waterway. last week you might recall we first told you about the fight between japan and china over islands and fishing rights in that particular area. ty? >> all...
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president obama has made a big push on the small business administration that also works closely with u.s. company, small businesses that are both trading and doing much more about porting. >> how do you work out when to make the loans and when not to? the fear is that we have the taxpayer going to fund businesses that might not pay the money back. >> for us it's very simple. we're a self sustaining agency. the fees we collect for the work we do have to pay all of our expenses. and on top of that, the last five year, we've delivered $1.9 billion to the taxpayer for deficit reduction. so when we make a loan, we have to have a reasonable assurance of being repaid because actually the fees we collect have to pay all of our expenses and they do that and more so. so in our case, it's very clear how we make those loans. >> all right. fred, thanks for joining us and our apologies for the technical problems we had earlier. >> thanks for having me. >> germany auction, 3 billion euros in size that went off with a 5.1 bid to cover ratio and a yield slightly less negative than last time, but stil
president obama has made a big push on the small business administration that also works closely with u.s. company, small businesses that are both trading and doing much more about porting. >> how do you work out when to make the loans and when not to? the fear is that we have the taxpayer going to fund businesses that might not pay the money back. >> for us it's very simple. we're a self sustaining agency. the fees we collect for the work we do have to pay all of our expenses. and...
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michael lou is, obama, and zuckerberg and bob pisani. >> look forward to that very much. top of the hour. kantor fitzgerald commemorating those who lost their lives on september 11th. the firm is raising money for dozens of charities around the world dedicated to helping others. mary thompson is at the event with kantor fitzgerald's co-founder. mary? >> hey there, scott. it's been a great day. bill, the first question i have to ask you is where would you rank this on the other charity days you've had? >> they've all been great. i think we raised a bunch of money last year. this year is going to top that. it's been a great day. >> a lot of celebrities helping out. i'm a little bit star struck. anyone -- is there a favorite for you of all the people that have gone through? >> i'm a hockey guy. having pat la fontaine here is great to see him. and then also as a giant fan, victor cruz doing the salsa was good, too. >> we had a nice rally over the last three months up 15%. do we do another leg up or set for a pullback? >> we'll see. a pullback is not unexpected. after up 15%,
michael lou is, obama, and zuckerberg and bob pisani. >> look forward to that very much. top of the hour. kantor fitzgerald commemorating those who lost their lives on september 11th. the firm is raising money for dozens of charities around the world dedicated to helping others. mary thompson is at the event with kantor fitzgerald's co-founder. mary? >> hey there, scott. it's been a great day. bill, the first question i have to ask you is where would you rank this on the other...
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john, what does that leave president obama with? isn't it a problem when his fed chief is taking credit for the numbers? >> i think those are very much high end estimates, and i would be very surprised if the quantity daytive easing added that many jobs. everybody can play claim to how the world is different relative to what it would have been. as he said, it's not ab serveble. the fed last it's claim's based on the model. i think there was a fair degree of skepticism at jackson hole that quantitative easing as done as much as the fed chairman was claiming. >> what's your estimate for tomorrow? >> we were projecting 150,000 payrolls. today's numbers, not only the adp report, but also the numbers from the isn tend to suggest to me there will be upside purr prize on that. so that estimate for 125,000 looks to me on the low side. gary, the world you're using is tentative, you still see a number of clients reluctant to hire right now, yes? >> look, i think we're dieing from incrementism. the reality is that we're several trillion dollar
john, what does that leave president obama with? isn't it a problem when his fed chief is taking credit for the numbers? >> i think those are very much high end estimates, and i would be very surprised if the quantity daytive easing added that many jobs. everybody can play claim to how the world is different relative to what it would have been. as he said, it's not ab serveble. the fed last it's claim's based on the model. i think there was a fair degree of skepticism at jackson hole that...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they can inspire our students. let's solve this. >>> as the cloud peaked? even though everything related to the personal computers, still have a couple of themes going. last night rht open source softwa software company reported that many analysts were disappointing. billings came in light rising 15% every year. and management had to reduce the four year revenue. when you look at it like that. you can understand why the stock got hit today. 4.28%. it was a down day here. it doesn't look like anything is wrong with it. when you look at the numbers, th
mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transforms schools like investing in advanced teacher education. let's build a strong foundation. let's invest in our teachers so they...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. now save 50% on banners. >>> welcome back. is it possible to be profitable and still help save the world? the ccuman fund is hoping it can. focused on bringing affordable health care, water, housing and energy to the poor. so far those companies have helped to create close to 60,000 jobs and have brought basic services to tens of millions of people. what's the stor
mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you...
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i think that's obama's message. i think if he delivers the message in the right way, i think the businessmen and women in the business community are prepared to give him a second shot. >> the republicans have already gone after the president, especially his comment, you didn't build that and bureaucracy and red tape. the president has to come out and say, here's my real plan and how i feel. what does he need to say to sway some independents and undecideds out there? >> i think the president has to strike an appropriate balance in how you grow the economy. it's not just growing labor, not just growing business, not spending more on entitlement, not raising or lowering tax, what's the appropriate formula that gets the free market economy working in the best interest of everybody. that's bold issues. tax reform, entitlement restraint, figuring out ways to get more competition, innovation, into this economy. those are the kind of messages the business community sitting on the sideline waiting to here. we've got to the p
i think that's obama's message. i think if he delivers the message in the right way, i think the businessmen and women in the business community are prepared to give him a second shot. >> the republicans have already gone after the president, especially his comment, you didn't build that and bureaucracy and red tape. the president has to come out and say, here's my real plan and how i feel. what does he need to say to sway some independents and undecideds out there? >> i think the...
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president obama wants to increase it to $300 million. in the barclays settlement alone for manipulation, they levied a fine of $200 million. i think it's a matter of resources. in the wake of snl crisis, 1,000 executives pled guilty or were convicted of felonies. we have not seen the kind of aggressive pursuit that we saw last time, and we do need to see it. look, i don't think we ought to be demanding heads on a stake. we don't want that kind of justice. we have to come away with a sense there has been a thorough and full investigation of potential wrongdoing. i still think that that's on the table, maria. >> so you think it's just that they don't have the resources to actually look as effectively as they should be. that's the reason you think we haven't seen any criminal prosecutions. >> i think that's part of the season, but i also think over the last two or three decades there's been a culture of weak enforcement where there's wrongdoing. a bank is assessed a penalty. for example, goldman violated some protocols around what are calle
president obama wants to increase it to $300 million. in the barclays settlement alone for manipulation, they levied a fine of $200 million. i think it's a matter of resources. in the wake of snl crisis, 1,000 executives pled guilty or were convicted of felonies. we have not seen the kind of aggressive pursuit that we saw last time, and we do need to see it. look, i don't think we ought to be demanding heads on a stake. we don't want that kind of justice. we have to come away with a sense there...
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many of these utilities feel that the epa under obama is determined to shut down all coal plants, even as their lives aren't used up and there's been billions upon billions of dollars of retrofitting to minimize pollution. they investors will tell you it's impossible without raising the cost of electricity, natural gas, the rival fuel. after years of wild fluctuations in price, but never as low as cold. now gas is now cheaper which pleases the rate payers and it's cleaner, which pleases the epa. no secular growth to the rails and no giant rebound in their stocks at all. now what does that say to me? it suggests that norfolk southern didn't go down yet. that means don't buy. don't buy. what about bed and bath. the company is integrating an acquisition for next year. and we know from the housing start numbers we got yesterday is that housing is on the rise. this -- new and didn't homicide. to me that means the price break in bed and bath should be bought and should not be sold. we think if the to be stock were only down $3 or $4 it wouldn't account for the slowdown. $6? may be the beginn
many of these utilities feel that the epa under obama is determined to shut down all coal plants, even as their lives aren't used up and there's been billions upon billions of dollars of retrofitting to minimize pollution. they investors will tell you it's impossible without raising the cost of electricity, natural gas, the rival fuel. after years of wild fluctuations in price, but never as low as cold. now gas is now cheaper which pleases the rate payers and it's cleaner, which pleases the...
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i think obama has a slight lead. when you look at the middle class, obama leads 19% among those who stand up -- who think he stands up best for the middle class. 19%. but if you ask middle class people who they favor, it's even. 4 48-48. and if you ask something called middle class families, married with kids, middle class families give romney a 14-point lead. now, that tells you there's a lot of movement inside these categories. and i think generically the president's taken a slight lead but it's still a real horse race. >> the first debate on october 3rd, how often are they game changers with six weeks left in the cycle? >> you know, my experience is not that often. mostly -- they're so well-rehearsed. they play defense and don't like to make bold statements. now something might really come out of this thing. but i don't see it as kennedy/nixon or reagan/carter. but who knows? those are the two exceptions. but i think mitt romney is an underrated debater. he may not be as sophisticated as president obama, but i wat
i think obama has a slight lead. when you look at the middle class, obama leads 19% among those who stand up -- who think he stands up best for the middle class. 19%. but if you ask middle class people who they favor, it's even. 4 48-48. and if you ask something called middle class families, married with kids, middle class families give romney a 14-point lead. now, that tells you there's a lot of movement inside these categories. and i think generically the president's taken a slight lead but...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> welcome back to "fast money." i have a quick market flash for you on google hitting new all time highs today in the session and in the after hours session trading at 750 up about .1%. what the break down is bullish on the name raising the price target. positive on the stock because it is stream lining the mobility unit and saying it might be willing to sell its home segments. those are two reasons to like google. >> thank you very much. what do you do with google at this point? >> i would take a look at money calls and see if there is anything pumped up there. >> classic example of the performance. the run has been entirely in the third quarter. this is a stock that was down significantly for the year. i think this is end of quarter window dressing, folks wanting to have the name on their sheets. >> it suffered when facebook went public. >> t
mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> welcome back to "fast money." i have a quick market flash for you on google hitting new all time highs today in the session and in the after hours session trading at 750 up about .1%. what the break down is bullish on the name raising the price target. positive on the stock because...
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markets since president obama has taken off, dow jones industrial average up 60%. narc up better than 100 and s&p up 65 or so percent and corporate profits record levels. can i come back at you and say, hey, who is to say the stock market can't go higher if president obama is re-elected? >> anything can happen but the president came in when you were at a lifetime if not generation low and presently it was 1527 in march of 2000 and 1565 in october 2007. we really haven't made progress in the last 20 years. i don't hold the president responsible. i think my issue with the president is his divisive dialog trying to pit the 99% against the 1% as opposed to trying to unify. if i had the president's prosecute he is and i was in the white house i would invite the major wisconsin leaders in the united states into the white house and ask them what should we be doing to change the ad to the business and get you investing in doing more and he does not follow the approach. inherit a difficult hand, absolutely, but i think he made it worse rather than better. >> take the market
markets since president obama has taken off, dow jones industrial average up 60%. narc up better than 100 and s&p up 65 or so percent and corporate profits record levels. can i come back at you and say, hey, who is to say the stock market can't go higher if president obama is re-elected? >> anything can happen but the president came in when you were at a lifetime if not generation low and presently it was 1527 in march of 2000 and 1565 in october 2007. we really haven't made progress...
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one thing about the obama health care reform is limited insurers to price fairly. our entire proposition is around using vitality and incentive to make people healthier which is perfect in a health reform market. >> ceo of discovery holdings joining us from joh johan neces berg. >>> head down to charlotte, north carolina, where one former president, bill clinton, will stump for the current one, barack obama at the democratic national convention tonight. will he be able to swing undecided voters into the democrats' corner come election day? we'll ask john harwood next. a passionate belief, and the foundation on which merrill lynch has been built. today, our financial advisors lead from a new position of strength. together with bank of america, they have access to more resources than ever before. a steadfast commitment to help you achieve your financial goals in life. that's the power of the right advisor. that's merrill lynch. >>> welcome back to the program. there's lots of buzz this morning about a leaked report from the troika suggesting they might impose a six-d
one thing about the obama health care reform is limited insurers to price fairly. our entire proposition is around using vitality and incentive to make people healthier which is perfect in a health reform market. >> ceo of discovery holdings joining us from joh johan neces berg. >>> head down to charlotte, north carolina, where one former president, bill clinton, will stump for the current one, barack obama at the democratic national convention tonight. will he be able to swing...
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about five to two americans pick obama. that may be part of the reason for obama's support here. another fascinating issue here is obama looks to have neutralized what would normally be a republican edge on the issue of taxes. who will increase your taxes? 45% of the public says obama. 42% say romney. you can see the reverse here on income groups. poorer people think that obama will not raise their taxes. they think romney will. the reverse when it comes to wealthier people. this is interesting. one other thing i want to show you is change in racial support. latinos, compared to our june survey, more support for obama on the economy. african-americans overwhelming support. romney is winning the independent vote, but not in enough numbers to overwhelm this huge advantage that obama has among non-whites. you can read all about this from our exclusive all-america survey at cnbc.com. don't miss it. >> all right. we will not. stick around there, steve. more reaction to all this right now. >> we bring in peter bookbar as well as christopher wayland. chris chris, are you surprised this
about five to two americans pick obama. that may be part of the reason for obama's support here. another fascinating issue here is obama looks to have neutralized what would normally be a republican edge on the issue of taxes. who will increase your taxes? 45% of the public says obama. 42% say romney. you can see the reverse here on income groups. poorer people think that obama will not raise their taxes. they think romney will. the reverse when it comes to wealthier people. this is...
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president obama has called on leaders in the middle east to discuss security following the violence. clashes are also taking place in cairo over an anti-islamic film. so far oil markets pretty steady. >> the brent move was down to 115, so certainly numbered pack over. >> we have more from matt smith. how significant is the latest news? >> it's obviously just ratcheting up tension in the global oil market. this isn't being reflected through prices just yet, but with concerns in various different facts, we have problems with iran rumbling on and now added to by these concerns in cairo and libya and now in yemen. so if this keeps on ratcheting up, we have concerns in syria, as well, this could really start to impact oil prices. >> and it's important because in some way it is really hasn't yet. you could argue that the move up in oil prices has been consistent with renewed growth expectations, bado you see gymerses of a supply side aspect to oil activity? >> we've been seeing oil price run up because of the spiked highness brought on iran, the sanctions there. 1.5 pill i don't know barre
president obama has called on leaders in the middle east to discuss security following the violence. clashes are also taking place in cairo over an anti-islamic film. so far oil markets pretty steady. >> the brent move was down to 115, so certainly numbered pack over. >> we have more from matt smith. how significant is the latest news? >> it's obviously just ratcheting up tension in the global oil market. this isn't being reflected through prices just yet, but with concerns in...
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he is not trailing by a lot, but he is trailing president obama in this race. we released early numbers from the new nbc wall street journal poll. swroo we'll have the full report tonight. when you ask americans who's better prepared to lead the country, most say president obama. >> thank you, john. >> i'm going to take a contrary stance on this whole thing. whether you agree or disagree with what romney said, how refreshing to hear him say what he really believes. now we can vote yes or no based on what he has said he believes, whether you agree with him or not, right? don't you think? >> yeah, i guess. i disagree with a lot of the fundamental premise of what he said. he should care about those 47%. he should be saying to them, you know what, the economy is going to be so much better. you're going to have a job where you're going to pay taxes and you're going to be thrilled about it because you're going to be better off. don't dismiss them. >> these comments have sparked this kind of conversation around the country today on the basis of our tax situation in th
he is not trailing by a lot, but he is trailing president obama in this race. we released early numbers from the new nbc wall street journal poll. swroo we'll have the full report tonight. when you ask americans who's better prepared to lead the country, most say president obama. >> thank you, john. >> i'm going to take a contrary stance on this whole thing. whether you agree or disagree with what romney said, how refreshing to hear him say what he really believes. now we can vote...
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. >>> will republicans give in on tax hikes if president obama wins re-election? our guest next says yes, and he's a republic. tom cole will explain why he thinks the norver tax pledge will be out the window. >>> only apple could sell 5 million new apple iphones and disappoint investors. [ male announcer ] this is anna, her long day teaching the perfect swing begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good
. >>> will republicans give in on tax hikes if president obama wins re-election? our guest next says yes, and he's a republic. tom cole will explain why he thinks the norver tax pledge will be out the window. >>> only apple could sell 5 million new apple iphones and disappoint investors. [ male announcer ] this is anna, her long day teaching the perfect swing begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can...
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. >> i don't think you can let romney off the hook for con playing in the the 47% or so who support obama, those are different groups of people. let's start there. to the extent he has a point, a large percentage of americans not paying taxes, well, there's the chart right there from the tax policy center, where romney's numbers come from. you can see the 28% are paying tax, as you correctly pointed out, brian, not paying income tax, 20% paying payroll taxes, 178% that don't pay income or payroll tax the numbers that people focus on, you break that down, brian, doesn't look so good. look at the next chart here, guys, if you look over there the non -- there's elderly people earning under 20,000, just not sure how much money will be there. >> the payroll tax issue i get. people kill me, everybody pays payroll, but that is a tax, yes, but one you will get back, likely, social security, medical care. >> you feel good about that? >> just saying, it -- >> a pay as you go system. >> here's the thing about federal income tax it funds defense, it funds drug test, it funds social program from educa
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and to get the ceo on, to answer these things is a lot better than just saying, hey, listen, when is obama going to create jobs or is romney going to create jobs because we don't know that. they did say, bears are concerned that the outsourcing payroll market is saturated and that's why you are focused on the ancillary businesses that you are hiring for. >> we just don't see it that way. even with low in business starts, there are 750,000 new businesses started every year. when you see that, half of our sales come from new businesses. once you get into the ecosystem, get on payroll, we can sell you all of the other products. we feel good about paychex. >> i have a couple businesses that i'm involved in where i use paychex. it's amazing, all of the other small business people that i talk to say, look, i don't want to hire anybody right now. i'm talking about somebody who's got some means, who wants to hire two or three people. i'm just stopping that. is that part of the problem? people who have got some means, who would normally doll something and they are the ones holding back or is someon
and to get the ceo on, to answer these things is a lot better than just saying, hey, listen, when is obama going to create jobs or is romney going to create jobs because we don't know that. they did say, bears are concerned that the outsourcing payroll market is saturated and that's why you are focused on the ancillary businesses that you are hiring for. >> we just don't see it that way. even with low in business starts, there are 750,000 new businesses started every year. when you see...
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it was president obama that led them through bankruptcy. let's not forget secondly that taxpayers are still on the hook for a $25 billion loss out of an $85 billion investment and let's not forget what you had over the last few years is government policies out of the obama administration that will make the auto industry less competitive in the long run because what they have done is made it harder to manufacture in the united states and harder to create jobs here and if we're going to have a u.s. auto industry that is sustainable in the long run, what mitt romney is committed to, we have to change policy and that's what mitt romney will do. >> the argument might ring hollow to someone who is an auto worker in ohio who is suddenly getting more hours, right, the overtime that he hadn't gotten the last three years. >> well, ultimately that's want because of what the president did. we don't believe it is because of what the president did. we believe it is because of the resilience of the american people. the question is what's going to get the
it was president obama that led them through bankruptcy. let's not forget secondly that taxpayers are still on the hook for a $25 billion loss out of an $85 billion investment and let's not forget what you had over the last few years is government policies out of the obama administration that will make the auto industry less competitive in the long run because what they have done is made it harder to manufacture in the united states and harder to create jobs here and if we're going to have a...
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. >> it's very true that that is a huge insult for the president, for president obama. and i wouldn't take that lightly at all. i'd be irate if someone did that. are we going to the global markets? i already saw ross read those quotes and, just, his expression i think epitomized the gravity of what we're dealing with here. of course he is over in europe where they long ago, tocqueville tried to convince the united states and the way things are done here and loved the way we did things here. and tried to write about it and talk about how when -- i have a chart to show that you we really have only gotten up to the 49% number in recent years. if we have that-wil -- here's t chart. you go back to 1962. and i think it was in the teens the number of people that paid no federal income tax. and it slowly steadily has been rising until 2009 where we're at 49.5%. so even in 1970, it was 12%. and we point out that payroll taxes, they pay sales taxes, i don't know whether they pay state income tax. >> those people paying 15.3% in social security taxes, i think it's a problem and th
. >> it's very true that that is a huge insult for the president, for president obama. and i wouldn't take that lightly at all. i'd be irate if someone did that. are we going to the global markets? i already saw ross read those quotes and, just, his expression i think epitomized the gravity of what we're dealing with here. of course he is over in europe where they long ago, tocqueville tried to convince the united states and the way things are done here and loved the way we did things...
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trying to buy an election for obama? trying to save his job. he's been fighting for the last month, and if you look behind the headlines, you know statements saying he's going to resign, you basically jostling for who is the alpha male in the central bank world in europe. and it's been a tough fight. draghi's done a really good job asserting himself. and really ended up being the linchpin for keeping the euro together. so given whose job i'd want, i think bernanke's got an easier one. >> unchecked, unelected, he can do whatever he wants. >> and they look good on tv too. >> and at the same time you're finding opportunities in european sovereign debt. do you think ultimately draghi will find some success despite having a tougher job than ben bernanke? >> i think he's made huge headway. you know, the bund really was opposing him in pretty harsh terms. but i think that, you know, he's been able to lay the ground work for some introduction of electrici liquidity in this system and one of our largest positions, and they've done extremely well in this
trying to buy an election for obama? trying to save his job. he's been fighting for the last month, and if you look behind the headlines, you know statements saying he's going to resign, you basically jostling for who is the alpha male in the central bank world in europe. and it's been a tough fight. draghi's done a really good job asserting himself. and really ended up being the linchpin for keeping the euro together. so given whose job i'd want, i think bernanke's got an easier one. >>...
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let's look at the brand new ad from barack obama's team. then we'll slice and dice on the other side. listen. >> he attacked millions of hard-working people making 25, 35, 45,000 dollars a year. they pay social security taxes, state taxes, local taxes, gas, sales, property taxes. romney paid 14% in taxes last year on over $13 million in income. >> the obama team's complaint is romney is ignoring all of the other nonfederal taxes people pay when he's accusing them of not paying taxes. what happens in the second half of the ad? >> they are comparing apples to oranges again. >> they did the same thing they accused the romney team of doing which is ignoring all of the state, local, real estate, sales and other taxes people pay. for the record we checked. what did mitt romney pay according to his 2011 tax returns? here's what he paid in state and local taxes. he paid over 1.3 million dollars in state and local. he paid $214,000 plus in real estate taxes and a whopping $146 in personal property taxes. the point is he did pay the other taxes. the
let's look at the brand new ad from barack obama's team. then we'll slice and dice on the other side. listen. >> he attacked millions of hard-working people making 25, 35, 45,000 dollars a year. they pay social security taxes, state taxes, local taxes, gas, sales, property taxes. romney paid 14% in taxes last year on over $13 million in income. >> the obama team's complaint is romney is ignoring all of the other nonfederal taxes people pay when he's accusing them of not paying...
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the other one is the move from obama's speech from the bank of america stadium. large football field, 65,000 seats into this arena where i'm standing right now where less than half that many people can be accommodated. democrats got soaked last night walking a couple blocks from their hotels to this arena. they didn't want to take the chance of having their event over shadowed, wrecked by a rain storm, thunderstorm perhaps. the rahm emanuel news is interesting because democrats have been having trouble raising super pac funds to compete with the republican super pacs so rahm emanuel left his role as a chairman of the obama campaign mostly ceremonial to do some of the hard work of raising money. rahm emanuel has been very good at that for a long time. he was a top fundraiser for bill clinton in 1992. as for what happened last night of course we had michelle obama making the case for her husband and by all accounts republicans and democrats she had a very effective speech. part of it was rebutting mitt romney without even mentioning his name, that is because she to
the other one is the move from obama's speech from the bank of america stadium. large football field, 65,000 seats into this arena where i'm standing right now where less than half that many people can be accommodated. democrats got soaked last night walking a couple blocks from their hotels to this arena. they didn't want to take the chance of having their event over shadowed, wrecked by a rain storm, thunderstorm perhaps. the rahm emanuel news is interesting because democrats have been having...
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obama has a wild open field and all the leverage in the world. you always have to keep an eye on that. but we are very, very aware of what our tax structures could be for our clients, yes. >> great to speak with you. hope to see you again soon. >> enjoyed it. thanks a lot. >> john joins us with a preview of what is coming up next. >> coming up i got three stocks for you. one in the enterprise and one in big data and one in components. you have heard of them and i will tell you why coming up. [ male announcer ] the markets keep moving. make sure the news keeps coming with thinkorswim by td ameritrade. use the news links breaking stories with possible breakout stocks, options with potential opportunity, futures and forex with in-depth analysis. it's an all-you-can-eat buffet for all things trading. thinkorswim by td ameritrade. it doesn't just deliver news. it's making news. trade commission free for 60 days, plus get up to $600 when you open an account. plus get up to $600 when you take a closer look... ...at the best schools in the world... ...yo
obama has a wild open field and all the leverage in the world. you always have to keep an eye on that. but we are very, very aware of what our tax structures could be for our clients, yes. >> great to speak with you. hope to see you again soon. >> enjoyed it. thanks a lot. >> john joins us with a preview of what is coming up next. >> coming up i got three stocks for you. one in the enterprise and one in big data and one in components. you have heard of them and i will...
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president obama made his case for another four years last night. but was his pitch full of fact or fiction? we're firing up the fact checker again. >>> and the ceo of ryanair calls passengers stupid idiots. this is coming from a man who, by the way, wanted to charge a bathroom fee and a standing fee. what do you think of him? people tweeted in and you can still tweet us. we'll reveal your answers later on in the show. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw in up to $600 when you open an account. >>> ode to politics now and president obama hitting the campaign trail today after his big speech at the dnc last night. rallying support
president obama made his case for another four years last night. but was his pitch full of fact or fiction? we're firing up the fact checker again. >>> and the ceo of ryanair calls passengers stupid idiots. this is coming from a man who, by the way, wanted to charge a bathroom fee and a standing fee. what do you think of him? people tweeted in and you can still tweet us. we'll reveal your answers later on in the show. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles,...
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barack obama is my liberal tonight. he wants performance reform, so does arne duncan, why are all your left wing teacher union friends in chicago bucking their guy from chicago, obama, who actually, and i'm going say it, got this story right? >> well, i think they're reacting because obama's been spending a little too much time with the hedge fund managers and not with the teachers who are in the classroom every day. teachers want to have accountability. that's not the question. the question is are we going to have a fair system accountability? in places like montgomery county maryland, they have a great system where they go into the classroom and evaluate their peers and they recommend a lot of their peers get fired if they're not up to the job. why shouldn't they get fired? if i'm not up to my job i'm going get fired. if you're not up to your job you're going get fired. if teachers are not up to their job with statistical performance and testing why shouldn't they get fired? >> you're not listening to me. i said they
barack obama is my liberal tonight. he wants performance reform, so does arne duncan, why are all your left wing teacher union friends in chicago bucking their guy from chicago, obama, who actually, and i'm going say it, got this story right? >> well, i think they're reacting because obama's been spending a little too much time with the hedge fund managers and not with the teachers who are in the classroom every day. teachers want to have accountability. that's not the question. the...
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we have the worst recovery since the great depression because obama has done everything the opposite of what they need to do to get the economy growing. instead of cutting tax rates he's raising tax rates. >> he is not raising tax rates. >> i know, i know -- >> i how did this happen? >> the conventions are over, guys, we have to grow the economy and jobs here. >> this was supposed to be about intel and fedex. don't get me wrong, it was fun. >> i'm so sick -- we ask an economic question and we get a political answer, not good. >> they're often related. >> i admit it, not good though. 20 minutes left and the dow still down eight points. >> today market could have been worse. how long can central bankers keep propping up our stock market. >> are you ready for some football. >> we didn't always watch football at buffalo wild wings -- >> it's so great to see you out of the office. >> get ready to pay for those snacks that you eat as fans will get serious sticker shock when they tally up the bill for wings and nachos. against these digests with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ p
we have the worst recovery since the great depression because obama has done everything the opposite of what they need to do to get the economy growing. instead of cutting tax rates he's raising tax rates. >> he is not raising tax rates. >> i know, i know -- >> i how did this happen? >> the conventions are over, guys, we have to grow the economy and jobs here. >> this was supposed to be about intel and fedex. don't get me wrong, it was fun. >> i'm so sick --...
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president obama is speaking in the rose garden right now. let's listen in. >> american diplomats and civilians work tirelessly to advance the interests and values of our nation. often they are away from their families. sometimes they brave great danger. yesterday four of these extraordinary americans were killed in an attack on our diplomatic post in benghazi. among those killed was our ambassador, chris stevens, as well as foreign service officer shawn smith. we are still notifying the families of the others who were killed. and today the american people stand united in holding the families of the four american in our thoughts and in our prayers. the united states condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. we're working with the government of libya to secure our diplomats. i've also directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world. and make no mistake, we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. since our founding, the unit
president obama is speaking in the rose garden right now. let's listen in. >> american diplomats and civilians work tirelessly to advance the interests and values of our nation. often they are away from their families. sometimes they brave great danger. yesterday four of these extraordinary americans were killed in an attack on our diplomatic post in benghazi. among those killed was our ambassador, chris stevens, as well as foreign service officer shawn smith. we are still notifying the...
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>> even as president obama and secretary of state clinton paid tribute to the four americans slain in benghazi earlier this week, the administration is at least trying to slow down the spread of these anti-american protests across the world. they disclosed today in that effort that they had asked google and youtube to review their terms of use to see if this anti-muslim film violated those terms of use. the request was made on tuesday night as that violence was taking place. it was only disclosed today. it appears so far that youtube is not taking the video down, although they have said they are restricting access in some countries. this is a situation where the administration is not in control of events. they're trying to do whatever they can to slow down the violence. >> it seems to me to just blame the video is really misguided. it was september 11th. there's clearly a coordination to get us on september 11th. >> well, you may think it's misguided, maria, but i think the administration believes, and there are a lot of other people who believe this video was, in fact, the cause of t
>> even as president obama and secretary of state clinton paid tribute to the four americans slain in benghazi earlier this week, the administration is at least trying to slow down the spread of these anti-american protests across the world. they disclosed today in that effort that they had asked google and youtube to review their terms of use to see if this anti-muslim film violated those terms of use. the request was made on tuesday night as that violence was taking place. it was only...
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the democratic camp, the obama administration would be for raising revenues through taxes, but cutting entitlements is something that's sort of the domain, the province of the romney and ryan ticket. basically you need a third party. >> as an outsider, i don't care about which direction. you have to choose one direction. the worst part is standing still, doing nothing. that's the worst part. >> let's get back to china briefly. i think that premier one, he was very strong and delivered the message very resolutely to the foreign audience when he said we're going to meet the target. don't waste time thinking about this. we are resolute about it. you actually think that china can do better than the premier. you think he's actually understating what the year end vigor is going to be. >> sure. for the time being, the chinese economy actually is pretty good. the picture is pretty good, right? but the issue is not about this year's growth. not even next year's growth rate. can easily check up to over 8%, even 9%. the real issue is for the coming decade, for the leaders, will the chinese econom
the democratic camp, the obama administration would be for raising revenues through taxes, but cutting entitlements is something that's sort of the domain, the province of the romney and ryan ticket. basically you need a third party. >> as an outsider, i don't care about which direction. you have to choose one direction. the worst part is standing still, doing nothing. that's the worst part. >> let's get back to china briefly. i think that premier one, he was very strong and...
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president obama ended up talking to him for over an hour on the phone. but he made some of the strongest comments he's made to date, pushing back against the u.s. government at this point. >> and it's great the way the papers are portraying it. "the new york times." the israeli leader kind of stiffened the call a little bit. for the u.s. to -- in terms of iran. drudge is drudge, but it was funny. they got a great picture of him looking at obama. usa and israel in open feud. and then it says white house declines request to meet with obama. because schedule full. right after that. announces "letterman" appearance. >> oh boy. really? everything is subjective. depends on where you're getting your news. that's why some people watch what they want to hear. fox news, msnbc during the dnc. who do we have? we have people that are just really interested in investing and stocks. >> i was thinking the other day, your html high performance. you're very cerebral and smart about these things. the other day you were most excited about the sheila behar and we spent about
president obama ended up talking to him for over an hour on the phone. but he made some of the strongest comments he's made to date, pushing back against the u.s. government at this point. >> and it's great the way the papers are portraying it. "the new york times." the israeli leader kind of stiffened the call a little bit. for the u.s. to -- in terms of iran. drudge is drudge, but it was funny. they got a great picture of him looking at obama. usa and israel in open feud. and...
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obama hasn't eliminated the loopholes in the last three years? simpson/bowles treating them as ordinary income. that's one of the main loopholes they wanted to close. raise half a trillion in the next decade. >> how come we didn't do it? we blew them off, simpson/bowles? how come? >> it's an important recommendation. somebody has got to pay more taxes to deal with our fiscal situation. closing that capital gains loophole makes a lot of sense. that's why simpson/bowles suggested it a long with on a lot of other loopholes. >> thank you. i appreciate your insights on this. we'll have you back soon to continue the conversation. >> good to be here. >> take good care. >>> coming up on the "closing bell," fed's stimulus made the markets happy. banks not so much. find out why lenders are arguing stimulating more home buying is leaving them in the lurch. >>> teachers still walking the picket line. is the strike another painful example of politics getting in the way in progress in america. we'll break it down next up. at optionsxpress we're all about optio
obama hasn't eliminated the loopholes in the last three years? simpson/bowles treating them as ordinary income. that's one of the main loopholes they wanted to close. raise half a trillion in the next decade. >> how come we didn't do it? we blew them off, simpson/bowles? how come? >> it's an important recommendation. somebody has got to pay more taxes to deal with our fiscal situation. closing that capital gains loophole makes a lot of sense. that's why simpson/bowles suggested it a...
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union in his, president obama's, hometown. >>> second, there will be war with iran? only a few people know the answer. only a few have a hand in the decision. one of them is with us today. >>> and one of the biggest names in the business of hip-hop sends a message to occupy wall street. leave the 1% alone, says jay-z. that's all coming up but we start with sue at the nyse. >>> indeed, if you're a parent in chicago watching us while you watch your kid today, welcome to "power lunch." a major teachers strike is on in the nation's third largest school district. that is chicago. take a look at this. a picture of one of those kids on his way to work today with his parent at the goldman sachs office in chicago. indeed, some are calling it drag your kids to work day. nbc's kevin tibbles is live in chicago with those protesting teachers. >> reporter: hey, sue. behind me is quite a boisterous demonstration outside the ray school in chicago. those people who were taking their kids to work with them are probably the lucky ones. some 400,000 kids are out of school today and a lo
union in his, president obama's, hometown. >>> second, there will be war with iran? only a few people know the answer. only a few have a hand in the decision. one of them is with us today. >>> and one of the biggest names in the business of hip-hop sends a message to occupy wall street. leave the 1% alone, says jay-z. that's all coming up but we start with sue at the nyse. >>> indeed, if you're a parent in chicago watching us while you watch your kid today, welcome to...
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we interview people who knew obama, knew his dad. i interview obama's half brother. many times in the film you see obama doing very incriminating things. you see him lean over to medvedev and whisper to him -- >> conspiracy theory. >> yeah, let's talk after the election medvedev, i've got some stuff to give you, but if i tell the american people now -- >> the president of the united states. we can look at his record. >> the mike wasn't on. oh, the mike wasn't on, my friend. that's what he didn't want the american people to know. >> it doesn't make a difference -- >> because he cares so much, right? we don't have to listen -- >> you are smart enough to know what the american people don't know is ridiculous and you ought to be ashamed of yourself. >> you go to dartmouth together? >> i went to dartmouth because he was there. >> okay. >> because he's been fermenting this nonsense. >> for 30 years now, i cannot contribute. >> i'm glad you do, larry, but the reality is they've done some evil things. i was there when they did evil things. and i don't want to get into dinesh
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obama because, although -- well, people say the unemployment number was terrible, so that's bad for obama. all the polls show that if the s&p 500 is doing really well, that the people out there tends to be more tolerant of some bad economic numbers. on the other hand, if the s&p is cratering and we're getting bad unemployment numbers, then that's good news for mr. romney. >> september and october typically are volatile periods for this market. some tough times right now. ron, one of the expectations is that the fed may add liquidity, but they may also extend the period of time that the fed will keep rates low for that period of time. maybe into 2015 is the expectation. is it a bit disingenuous when you consider that ben bernanke's term in office is up in january of '14, i think it is, to extend it beyond the time when you could have a big change in the makeup of the federal reserve. >> you're going to have a big change in january if mitt romney wins and makes good on his promise to fire ben bernanke. that could change in a couple months from now. i think the fed institutionally is driving
obama because, although -- well, people say the unemployment number was terrible, so that's bad for obama. all the polls show that if the s&p 500 is doing really well, that the people out there tends to be more tolerant of some bad economic numbers. on the other hand, if the s&p is cratering and we're getting bad unemployment numbers, then that's good news for mr. romney. >> september and october typically are volatile periods for this market. some tough times right now. ron, one...
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mitt romney and president obama both hit the trail today as they battle through the key swing state of ohio. but incredibly, romney dialed back his position on tax cuts today. take a listen. >> by the way, don't be expecting a huge cut in taxes because i'm also going to lower deductions and exemptions. >> no meant no. wrong idea. people need a tax break. middle class people need a tax break. i said on this show and wrote in a column, your message should be lower
mitt romney and president obama both hit the trail today as they battle through the key swing state of ohio. but incredibly, romney dialed back his position on tax cuts today. take a listen. >> by the way, don't be expecting a huge cut in taxes because i'm also going to lower deductions and exemptions. >> no meant no. wrong idea. people need a tax break. middle class people need a tax break. i said on this show and wrote in a column, your message should be lower
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they need an aggressive contrast with barack obama. i think the reaction is the real frustration among conservatives, real frustration internally which we pick up and there is a lot of it in the piece that we wrote for this morning. and then just in general among the donors and other people in the republican infrastructure. they want a different approach. >> is part of the issue -- and why stuart is such a focus of -- stevens is such a focus of it -- the fact that he is not -- let me put it this way -- a dyed in the wool conservative who came up through the party. he's got some hollywood connections and so forth and that makes that wings of the party uncomfortable. >> there's definitely a lot of conservatives who are suspicious of stuart. but the truth is that the campaign was going well and conservatives liked the message. they woents care, they don't give a hoot who the campaign manager is or who this strategist is. what they want is a belief that they have a winning formula. so they're faulting stuart stevens. if you read the piece,
they need an aggressive contrast with barack obama. i think the reaction is the real frustration among conservatives, real frustration internally which we pick up and there is a lot of it in the piece that we wrote for this morning. and then just in general among the donors and other people in the republican infrastructure. they want a different approach. >> is part of the issue -- and why stuart is such a focus of -- stevens is such a focus of it -- the fact that he is not -- let me put...
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i think he made obama's case better than obama made his case. i disagree with about half of what egtsd, but i always did. i always regarded clinton -- let's hear this. >> i don't know if it is sound full. >> it may be good. what is good politics does not -- >> see, here is the only place i really disagree with clinton. clinton talked about working together, about i forget, not as much partisanship, and he said let's work together. that is the one thing that bill clinton did with republicans and accomplished a lot, and we had excellent growth during the clinton years. okay? it is in my opinion the one thing he has not done. he doesn't get along with congressional leaders. he doesn't get along with his own party much less republicans and i thought that was the key difference and a very weak spot. maybe clinton is saying to obama you ought to take my cue and work with these guys because we have big problems. that surely, mr. obama has not demonstrated any cooperation in this game. >> that is raising a lot of eyebrows. if clinton is your alpha surro
i think he made obama's case better than obama made his case. i disagree with about half of what egtsd, but i always did. i always regarded clinton -- let's hear this. >> i don't know if it is sound full. >> it may be good. what is good politics does not -- >> see, here is the only place i really disagree with clinton. clinton talked about working together, about i forget, not as much partisanship, and he said let's work together. that is the one thing that bill clinton did...
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obama? that's probably a no, probably have 46. you're starting with 46 and how many obama people have switched this time around said i'm not going with obama? and how many people don't show that aren't as excited as they were in. >> those are the voter turnout numbers on the youth side and in the black and hispanic community the registration roles are way down. >> is there anything you heard on friday that we've never heard before? >> what i thought was -- >> if he told you he'd have to kill you. don't tell him. >> what he focused on first, he talked about his five plans was energy and he talked about it very knowledgeably and enthusiastically and i thought that was an interesting perspective. when i talked to investors the story people are most bullish about in the back half of the decade is the energy, going from $300 billion a year deficit to something closer to zero, could change the capital spending environment, he talked enthusiastically around that and the specifics around the small b
obama? that's probably a no, probably have 46. you're starting with 46 and how many obama people have switched this time around said i'm not going with obama? and how many people don't show that aren't as excited as they were in. >> those are the voter turnout numbers on the youth side and in the black and hispanic community the registration roles are way down. >> is there anything you heard on friday that we've never heard before? >> what i thought was -- >> if he told...
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i suspect it's going to be a cliff hanger with obama winning. the closer to the election it gets, it seems to be the more animosity will be created between the parties and the steep fiscal cliff. if we look at 2007, we're starting to see like them, especially in china, this broad deceleration in global manufacturing activity. >> so doug, give us how you've changed, if at all, your portfolio since you made that call here on "fast." the markets are up 2%. what have you done to your portfolio to reflect that? >> i have slightly increased my short positions. i'm respectful of the price action. i have added some one off longs like avon products, which i'm hopeful is still the apple of cody's eye in terms of a takeover. i'm a couple percent shorter than when we last discussed. >> okay. so really sticking to it. doug, good to talk to you as always. karen, i'm wondering if you would be on that trade as well. >> i don't own avon. i think cody's gone. >> oh, so it's gone. >> if goes up, it's based on its own fundamentals. >> i think so. >> and there's a l
i suspect it's going to be a cliff hanger with obama winning. the closer to the election it gets, it seems to be the more animosity will be created between the parties and the steep fiscal cliff. if we look at 2007, we're starting to see like them, especially in china, this broad deceleration in global manufacturing activity. >> so doug, give us how you've changed, if at all, your portfolio since you made that call here on "fast." the markets are up 2%. what have you done to...
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i do think you do have to weight the fact that the obama administration is likely to tap the spr so that could put a temporary cap on a run up in oil prices. the last time they capped the sp rth effects were only felt for ten days. >> let's talk rebalancing, david. big s&p rebalance coming right now at close, and you've got a handful of stocks that will see very high volume and sizable moves. what would you be doing in this environment? >> i think it's time to use this rebalancing and this dislocation, add some energy stocks to the portfolio, okay? i think we're both together on that. want to own some exxon mobile and williams brothers and williams partners, wbm, wmz. >> do you want to weigh some of these imbalances? >> got a size ability amount of stock for sale in coca-cola, handful of others, ups, ibm, wells fargo, good imbalancings on the supply side for technology. >> no question. >> do you want to use those? >> follow those in the tech space, energy space, those two in particular and also the health care space. your fooizers and abbotts. both of those have done well this year. the
i do think you do have to weight the fact that the obama administration is likely to tap the spr so that could put a temporary cap on a run up in oil prices. the last time they capped the sp rth effects were only felt for ten days. >> let's talk rebalancing, david. big s&p rebalance coming right now at close, and you've got a handful of stocks that will see very high volume and sizable moves. what would you be doing in this environment? >> i think it's time to use this...
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the political subtext is watching this man, bill clinton, introducing barack obama. the relationship between those two, so tense and fraught back in 2008. politically much improved here in 2012, even mitt romney acknowledged that earlier in his remarks to the clinton global initiative, saying an introduction by bill clinton alone is probably worth a bump in the polls, even for mitt romney. a political subtext to an important topic. >> do you think president obama was upset that bill clinton allowed mitt romney to speak? >> reporter: if he does, he'll keep it quiet. he needs bill clinton. bill clinton came through at democratic convention and that has commented what's an interesting relationship between the obama camp and clinton camp inside the democratic party. now we've heard comments from bill clinton saying he's not sure if hillary clinton will run for president in 2016. clearly the clintons are keeping that door open, depending, obviously, what happens here in 2012 and where hillary clinton goes over the next four years. there's a lot at stake here, guys, in the
the political subtext is watching this man, bill clinton, introducing barack obama. the relationship between those two, so tense and fraught back in 2008. politically much improved here in 2012, even mitt romney acknowledged that earlier in his remarks to the clinton global initiative, saying an introduction by bill clinton alone is probably worth a bump in the polls, even for mitt romney. a political subtext to an important topic. >> do you think president obama was upset that bill...
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. >> something that could potentially move maybe the auto stocks, president obama is speaking in ohio. taking on china, promoting a new trade enforcement action against chinese subsidiaries of its auto industry. beau is in chicago. what does this mean for gm, ford and the american auto industry, phil? >> i think this is easy -- i wouldn't say it's an easy political move, but it's a no-brainer if you're running for president right now in ohio. one out of every eight jobs in the state is connected with the auto industry, and there's no doubt the part supplying industry which has been decimated over the last ten years, it's a place where the obama administration has said, listen, we think the chinese are dumping parts into the u.s. because they're getting export subsidies. and that's killing the industry. they've lost 360,000 jobs. keep this in mind, however. it hasn't just been what's happening with china. this is an industry, michelle, that has consolidated and has on its own moved a number of its manufacturing jobs to lower cost facilities, many of them in mexico. some in eastern euro
. >> something that could potentially move maybe the auto stocks, president obama is speaking in ohio. taking on china, promoting a new trade enforcement action against chinese subsidiaries of its auto industry. beau is in chicago. what does this mean for gm, ford and the american auto industry, phil? >> i think this is easy -- i wouldn't say it's an easy political move, but it's a no-brainer if you're running for president right now in ohio. one out of every eight jobs in the state...
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>> one thing it does is it makes the dow jones industrial average more leveraged to obama care. if the individual mandate gets hit, all the insurers get hit which means that if romney gets elected, succeeds in turning back the individual mandate, we could have the dow actually shrink because health care stocks get so hammered. united health would be one of those. >> jeff? >> i like this as a investor perspective. little shout out to the quad cities. i think united health care is a great addition. i think it is really going to help investors get o know the companies so we shall see the stock price move up. >> it also definitely helps the dow better reflect the broader economy which is always good. >> indeed it is. gentlemen, thank you very much. >>> sue herera, in the next hour of cnbc, why you may want to kick it old school when it comes to investing in social media and media stocks. oh, yes, street signs stylin' next. ♪ [ male announcer ] the first look...is only the beginning. ♪ ♪ introducing a stunning work of technology. ♪ introducing the entirely new lexus es. and t
>> one thing it does is it makes the dow jones industrial average more leveraged to obama care. if the individual mandate gets hit, all the insurers get hit which means that if romney gets elected, succeeds in turning back the individual mandate, we could have the dow actually shrink because health care stocks get so hammered. united health would be one of those. >> jeff? >> i like this as a investor perspective. little shout out to the quad cities. i think united health care...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and i approve... this message. anncr: he keeps saying it... mitt romney: this president cannot tell us that you're... better off today than when he took office. anncr: well... here's where we were in 2008... tv anncr: the worst financial collapse... since the great depression... tv anncr: american workers were laid off in numbers not seen... in over three decades. anncr: and here's where we are today... thirty months of private sector job growth. creating 4.6 million new jobs. we're not there yet. but the real question is: whose plan is better for you? the president's plan asks millionaires... to pay a little more... to help invest in a strong middle class. clean energy. and cut the deficit. mitt romney's plan? a new 250,000 dollar tax break for... multi-millionaires. roll back regulations on the banks that cratered the economy. and raise taxes on the middle class. president clinton: they want to go back to the same old... policies that got us in trouble in the first place. president obama: we're not going back, we are moving forward. anncr: f
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